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Re: SVG12: height/width defaults

From: Craig Northway <craign@cisra.canon.com.au>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:58:52 +1000
Message-ID: <426DCA8C.2070608@cisra.canon.com.au>
To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Cc: www-svg@w3.org, WG SVG <w3c-svg-wg@w3.org>

Hi Bjoern,

Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:

>Dear Scalable Vector Graphics Working Group,
>
>  From http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-SVGMobile12-20050413/coords.html
>section 7.13
>
>[...]
>  SVG must specify how to calculate some intrinsic sizing properties to
>  enable inclusion within other languages. The intrinsic width and
>  height of the viewport of SVG content is determined from the width and
>  height attributes. If these are not present the default values of 100%
>  should be used.
>[...]
>
>This suggests there may be valid reasons to behave differently. This
>is not the case, in the SVG processing model the attributes are always
>"present" as they are either specified or defaulted. Please change the
>draft such that it does not mislead about this requirement.
>  
>
This was just an editorial mistake. The specification has been changed 
to read:

"If these are not specified the default values of 100% should be used."

Regards,
Craig
Received on Tuesday, 26 April 2005 04:59:00 UTC

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